diff --git a/sql/sql-annotations/src/main/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractor.java b/sql/sql-annotations/src/main/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractor.java
index e51e462a..a1c751b6 100644
--- a/sql/sql-annotations/src/main/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractor.java
+++ b/sql/sql-annotations/src/main/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractor.java
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ private Collection<StackTraceFilter> buildStackTraceFilters() {
 
     private StackTrace.StackDepth extractStackDepthFrom(ProfileConnection annotation) {
         short annotationStackDepth = annotation.stackDepth();
+        if (annotationStackDepth < -1) {
+            String message = "The stackDepth of @ProfileConnection should be a positive value"
+                           + " or -1 to not limit the stack depth, but it is " + annotationStackDepth + ".";
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
+        }
         if (annotationStackDepth == -1) {
             return StackTrace.StackDepth.ALL;
         }
diff --git a/sql/sql-annotations/src/test/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractorTest.java b/sql/sql-annotations/src/test/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..450dcfa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/sql-annotations/src/test/java/org/quickperf/sql/connection/ProfilingParamsExtractorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019-2022 the original author or authors.
+ */
+package org.quickperf.sql.connection;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.ThrowableAssert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.quickperf.sql.annotation.ProfileConnection;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.catchThrowable;
+
+public class ProfilingParamsExtractorTest {
+
+    @ProfileConnection(displayStackTrace = true, stackDepth = -2)
+    private static class ProfileConnectionWithStackDepthLowerThanMinusOne { }
+
+    @Test public void
+    should_throw_an_illegal_argument_exception_if_the_stack_depth_is_lower_than_minus_one() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        final ProfileConnection profileConnection =
+                ProfileConnectionWithStackDepthLowerThanMinusOne.class.getAnnotation(ProfileConnection.class);
+        final ProfilingParamsExtractor profilingParamsExtractor = new ProfilingParamsExtractor();
+
+        // WHEN
+        Throwable throwable = catchThrowable(new ThrowableAssert.ThrowingCallable() {
+            @Override
+            public void call() {
+                profilingParamsExtractor.extractFrom(profileConnection);
+            }
+        });
+
+        // THEN
+        assertThat(throwable).isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+                             .hasMessage("The stackDepth of @ProfileConnection should be a positive value"
+                                       + " or -1 to not limit the stack depth, but it is -2.");
+
+    }
+
+}